State Cultural Institute
The Palace Cultural Center
invites you to
Painting Exhibition: IN MEMORIAM
Marian Zhechev – Muro (1957–2004)
September 3–16, 2025
Gallery “The Quiet Nest”
Opening: 6:00 PM
Let this exhibition not be just a commemoration, but the beginning of a new life for the art of Marian Zhechev. Muro was original and deeply serious in his approach to brush and paint. His artistic language was distinctive and very bold. “He painted so that his works would go to galleries; he didn’t like them to stay at home,” says his wife Stefka Zhecheva, organizer of the exhibition. That is why she has decided to share them with art lovers.
The works on display have participated in national, group, and solo exhibitions, and all are collages. Other works by Marian Zhechev are held by the National Art Gallery, the Sofia City Art Gallery, the Ministry of Culture, galleries in Lovech, Olen (Belgium), and Istanbul (Turkey), as well as private collectors. Many of the paintings also contain a political undertone, reflecting the times in which they were created.
